Why Do Girls Wear Low Rise Jeans?

[Anonymous]

I loved my low rise 7s when I was 25, but as a middle aged lady I’m strictly in mid rises. The high rise jeans IMO are hideous on pretty much everyone.

[Anonymous]

Aside from the obvious looks, they are more comfortable. I cannot stand having anything tight above my hip bones.

[Anonymous]

I loved that look when I was in my early 20s.

Back then, I was slightly pear shaped with a flat stomach, small waist, and curvy hips. Low rise were super comfortable on me and yes, hot.

Cheers to everyone who dresses to flatter and enjoy their body type!

[Anonymous]

For attention, same as everything else women do.

[Anonymous]

When i wear low rise, the jeans are tightest on my hip bones on either side. But i have no fat there, so the jeans lay flat along my hip bones and just kind of lightly stretch across my flat stomach. There's no fat or excess skin that pokes above the top of the jeans.

When I wear high rise jeans, your natural waist is all soft material - soft tummy, soft sides. So even when you're in excellent shape, jeans are typically pulling in against the softness a little - and (at least on me) that results in excess skin/fat being pushed up above the waist band, and the skin across my stomach being smooshed in unflattering ways. I'm in really good shape with a pretty flat stomach, but unless i am standing perfectly straight and flexing my stomach, high rise jeans just don't sit flat or flatteringly on the skin and stomach.

Low-rise jeans do.

And this was the case for me even when I was 25 years old and too skinny. Now that i'm late 40s and have had kids, it's more pronounced, but it's always been a thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When i wear low rise, the jeans are tightest on my hip bones on either side. But i have no fat there, so the jeans lay flat along my hip bones and just kind of lightly stretch across my flat stomach. There's no fat or excess skin that pokes above the top of the jeans.

When I wear high rise jeans, your natural waist is all soft material - soft tummy, soft sides. So even when you're in excellent shape, jeans are typically pulling in against the softness a little - and (at least on me) that results in excess skin/fat being pushed up above the waist band, and the skin across my stomach being smooshed in unflattering ways. I'm in really good shape with a pretty flat stomach, but unless i am standing perfectly straight and flexing my stomach, high rise jeans just don't sit flat or flatteringly on the skin and stomach.

Low-rise jeans do.

And this was the case for me even when I was 25 years old and too skinny. Now that i'm late 40s and have had kids, it's more pronounced, but it's always been a thing.

I learned that I have to go a size up in high rise or everything looks bulgy. I love how they look when I get them styled just right, but mid and low rise are so much easier for me to get right.

[Anonymous]

Low-rise jeans transmit the message, “I am fertile, I am ready—come get me!”

[Anonymous]

I was a teenager in the 70s. I wore what they called hip-huggers which are very similar to the lower rise. I felt sexy in them. I'm certain that's the reason why the young woman today are wearing low rise. But who cares what the reason. You wear what you want to wear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When i wear low rise, the jeans are tightest on my hip bones on either side. But i have no fat there, so the jeans lay flat along my hip bones and just kind of lightly stretch across my flat stomach. There's no fat or excess skin that pokes above the top of the jeans.

When I wear high rise jeans, your natural waist is all soft material - soft tummy, soft sides. So even when you're in excellent shape, jeans are typically pulling in against the softness a little - and (at least on me) that results in excess skin/fat being pushed up above the waist band, and the skin across my stomach being smooshed in unflattering ways. I'm in really good shape with a pretty flat stomach, but unless i am standing perfectly straight and flexing my stomach, high rise jeans just don't sit flat or flatteringly on the skin and stomach.

Low-rise jeans do.

And this was the case for me even when I was 25 years old and too skinny. Now that i'm late 40s and have had kids, it's more pronounced, but it's always been a thing.

I learned that I have to go a size up in high rise or everything looks bulgy. I love how they look when I get them styled just right, but mid and low rise are so much easier for me to get right.

I'm the PP you're responding to, and i've tried this - going up a size. But in my case, it doesn't help - either the rest of the pants are now too big, or more likely.... it's still just smooshing across my skin. Because reality is that modern jeans serve the purpose of holding stuff in. And so if i've had lunch, or drank a glass of water or i'm not standing perfectly, my soft stomach will distend out a bit -- and if i got jeans that literally didn't put any pressure whatsoever on my stomach in a fully relaxed position, they would be huge and look silly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When i wear low rise, the jeans are tightest on my hip bones on either side. But i have no fat there, so the jeans lay flat along my hip bones and just kind of lightly stretch across my flat stomach. There's no fat or excess skin that pokes above the top of the jeans.

When I wear high rise jeans, your natural waist is all soft material - soft tummy, soft sides. So even when you're in excellent shape, jeans are typically pulling in against the softness a little - and (at least on me) that results in excess skin/fat being pushed up above the waist band, and the skin across my stomach being smooshed in unflattering ways. I'm in really good shape with a pretty flat stomach, but unless i am standing perfectly straight and flexing my stomach, high rise jeans just don't sit flat or flatteringly on the skin and stomach.

Low-rise jeans do.

And this was the case for me even when I was 25 years old and too skinny. Now that i'm late 40s and have had kids, it's more pronounced, but it's always been a thing.

I learned that I have to go a size up in high rise or everything looks bulgy. I love how they look when I get them styled just right, but mid and low rise are so much easier for me to get right.

I'm the PP you're responding to, and i've tried this - going up a size. But in my case, it doesn't help - either the rest of the pants are now too big, or more likely.... it's still just smooshing across my skin. Because reality is that modern jeans serve the purpose of holding stuff in. And so if i've had lunch, or drank a glass of water or i'm not standing perfectly, my soft stomach will distend out a bit -- and if i got jeans that literally didn't put any pressure whatsoever on my stomach in a fully relaxed position, they would be huge and look silly.

DP. This is just how your body is built. High rise and mid rise are much better for me. I find low rise very annoying. Isn’t it great we have all the choices now.

[Anonymous]

47, two kids, my mid section has a small amount of loose skin but low rise jeans still look great on me. As do high waisted ones. I’m not dressing for anyone’s “gaze,” too busy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They ARE comfortable if you're not a fatty. I used to wear them because my waist is naturally so high that they sort of put me back in the right proportions.

You sound like a real peach but let me let you in on a secret: this fatty loves low rise pants because I have a short torso and high-rise pants come up to my boobs, so they are comfortable on me, too.

I'm sorry you don't have any friends, by the way. That sounds like it must be really hard for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They ARE comfortable if you're not a fatty. I used to wear them because my waist is naturally so high that they sort of put me back in the right proportions.

+1 In the early 2000s they were so comfortable. If your hips are the widest part of your bod it's so comfy to have things hanging there. Think about how women like to wear sweatpants, etc. Slung on our hips.

Nope. You’ve got it backwards. The hips being the widest part of the body is why it’s so uncomfortable to have things hanging there. It’s much easier to rest things on top of the hips where they have support than to rely on tightening them enough to stay in place against gravity, especially when movement loosens the fabric and causes slippage.

Moreover, they really aren’t that sexy. Unless your top exposes the midriff, they visually distort the wearer’s proportions, making the legs look shorter with the waist lower and wider than it actually is. Exposing the midriff is even worse. Aside from the muffin tops that tend to form from them being cinched so tight on anyone who’s not model skinny (and the majority of American women are likely to be heavier), when they slip they also expose underwear and drag it down. I was so glad when the low-rise trend passed and I could go out without seeing a parade of butt cracks and belly rolls on other women.

High waisted jeans rest comfortably on the hips, accent the waist if you have one, help hide a belly if you have one, and lengthen the legs. They are far superior in every way.

If you are over the age of 30 years, high waisted jeans make you look like you have stopped trying. They are "I gave up" jeans. There's a reason they've been called mom jeans for years.

[Anonymous]

I'm short. Low/mid-rise hit me at my natural waist. Ultra low rise are just regular low rise on me. I am here for the return of low rise jeans.

[Anonymous]

I don’t tuck my shirts in and often wear fitted (not tight) tops. High waist jeans create bulk under my tops, so I prefer low-rise.